<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">
<html lang="en">
<head>
	<META name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> 
	<meta name="created" content="2018-10-23T06:18:10.521000000"/>
	<meta name="changed" content="2018-10-23T06:18:42.262000000"/>
	<META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
	<META http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en">
	<title>Configuring Questa Advanced Simulator</title>
	<LINK rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../style.css">
</head>

<body>
<div class="maindiv">
        <h1>Configuring Questa Advanced Simulator</h1>

        <p>Questa Advanced Simulator can be optionally used to validate VHDL
           entities, and is required for any simulation using a VHDL entity.
        </p>

        <p>By default, the VHDL validation with Questa Advanced Simulator is
           disabled. In order to active it, you need to go in the <i>Window</i>
           menu, <i>Perferences</i> and then in the <i>Third Party Softwares</i>
           tab. You can then enable the validation by clicking on the <i>Use
           Questa Advanced Simulator to validate VHDL entities</i> checkbox.
        </p>

        <p align="center"><img src="../../../img-guide/hdl-ip-questa.png" /></p>
        
        <p>Right below that option, you can also set the path to your Questa
           Advanced Simulator installation directory. In order to do so, simply
           click the <i>Browse...</i> button and select the corresponding
           directory. If you activate the validation but do not set the path,
           you will be prompted to select it the next time a VHDL validation
           occurs.
        </p>

        <p><strong>Note:</strong> You will also be prompted for the path if you
           try to run a simulation of a circuit that includes a VHDL entity.
        </p>
        
        <p><b>Next:</b> <a href="simulation.html">VHDL simulator</a>.
        </p>
	</div>
    </body>
</html>
